So I’ve Been Making Vases

I’ve been designing, printing, and publishing a series of customizable containers on Thingiverse. It’s a good exercise in learning OpenSCAD, the scripting language that powers Thingiverse Customizer. An OpenSCAD script describes the shape of a model, given some initial parameters. Customizer provides an interface to easily plug in new values. It’s a good way to get a lot of use out of your initial design by repeatedly remixing it. Plus, by providing something to start with, I think customizable designs help encourage people new to 3D design to try their hand at it.

I printed some sample designs on my Printrbot Simple. Here are the glamor shots, each linked to the customizable models from which they were derived. Click for more photos and details.